America "Land of free" - Yes, eat what we want is not exactly us do not enjoy free of charge. Obesity epidemic, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes... many of diabetes.
And if we don't kick our unhealthy habits, it is much worse.
The U.S. Centers for disease control and prevention warn if we continue food poor and avoid exercise, one third of the American Diabetes 2050 will have.
Census officials at the CDC studied facts and figures about the latest trends in diabetes, and models to project future spikes in diabetes. Researchers say Americans their lifestyle change diabetes could become more frequent in the United States over the next 40 years.
The new report claims over the next 40 years the prevalence of all diabetes diagnosed and not diagnosed from 1 to 10 adults to between 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 3 adults 2050 could jump.
A spokesman for the CDC «Are alarming figures show how important it is to change the course of type 2 diabetes.»
It is only 2010 and the United States is already in diabetes. It is estimated that in 2007 the American Diabetes Association 17.9 million people with diabetes, with potentially an another 5.7 million undiagnosed cases were diagnosed.
The CDC's are no better current figures. You appreciate, 24 million adults in the United States have diabetes, with type 2 diabetes is most commonly used. Poor nutrition, physical inactivity and obesity are major risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
But hey, the rest of the world is in a bad state. 220 Million people suffer the World Health Organization reports diabetes worldwide. World fail.
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